"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go destroy the Justice League."

The spambots have become aware! There's no hope!

Rush has to be playing to the crowd. There's no way any American gets so fucking worked up over James Bond.

What is Papa Bear to do? Dammit, this is when I really need Stephen Colbert!

BAH GAWD THAT'S KILL ZONE'S MUSIC

Yes, but that doesn't jibe with my reference to Maude, so you can see my dilemma.

to the outside observer, nutso crazy

More like Saturday Night Dead, amirite?

Academy Award-nominee Patricia Arquette!

Norm doesn't even bother with a Burt Reynolds impression. It's like they thought he'd just look funny with a mustache and bolo tie.

"It looks like you've cast away quite a bit of money."
"I … I don't get it."
"It's a reference to your movie."
"Oh! Ahaha I-I don't get."

From what Norm said, it sounded like each sketch had it's own writing team. So I guess one explanation could be that nobody found a role for Murphy. Though obviously, if he really wanted to participate, people would find something for him.

I assume it's Morwenna Banks.

Norm made it sound like professional courtesy more than anything else.

Norm Macdonald gave a big ramble on Twitter about Sunday's SNL special. I don't know if it's already been covered here, but I highly recommend reading the whole thing to understand how taxing the special was. The cliff notes:

The AV Club

"Mooonnneeeey pweeeeese!" - Bill Murray's negotiating tactic

"I think Harrison Wells blew up the particle accelerator on purpose."
"Why? What would he have to gain?"
"… A bitchin' wheelchair!"

"This is the exact way I fingered Jackie Chan's anus. Mr. Ratner was very insistent."

I'm 99 percent certain we will get the "chemistry test footage," where cast members do various impressions of actors trying out for Christian Grey.